These dynamics inflate the value of land beyond what many farmers can afford.

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Aside from enriching big farmers, the main impact of the subsidies is to encourage over-production and inflate the value of land suitable for program crops.

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But HP claims that Autonomy took steps to inflate its own value, which Autonomy's former management denies.

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The new study's findings suggest that companies advertising in the Super Bowl inflate their stock value by 1.3 percent after the game, compared to the shares' values two weeks prior.

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But the allegiance to shareholder value has helped inflate 2 of the biggest bubbles in stock market history, forced corporate leaders to pad short-term income statements and "put chief executives in an unreal world where they lose their moral compass, " said Martin.

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Showing off is a good way to inflate either an ego or the value of a collection.

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As the second employee of InfoSpace, Jean-Remy Facq saw the value of his stock inflate and then collapse.

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Does history teach that a token-based currency works only if it is anchored to some unambiguous real store of value that a government cannot inflate away?

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Deficits tend to scare bond investors because governments can be tempted to inflate their way out of debt, which means that bonds lose value in real terms.

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We can inflate our way to paying debt, even if it means crushing the value of the U.S. dollar to do so.

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Finally, the court held that Ultimate Holdings was used to perpetrate a wrong on its creditors, since it was little more than a part of the scheme to inflate the GENI stock, cash it out while at an artificially high value, and let the losses go to the brokerage firms who had extended margin credit to Ultimate Holdings.

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Of course, since these managers are paid a fee based upon the value of the assets they manage, they have every incentive to inflate valuations.

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